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Specifying IDs

By default, IDs are created automatically (based on the same rules that are applied by the business modeler). You can specify IDs in a ItemID column in the Microsoft Excel sheet that are assigned to the objects during import. If you specify an ID that already exists in the database, it is updated using the information from the Excel sheet.

Optionally, you can specify the item revision using an ItemRev column.

Header1 Item Item Description ItemID ItemRev
Header2 Item Item
Header3 Item Item
Title Name Name Desc ID Revision
Assy Assembly PAR_as-00 A
Comp10 CheckBox PAR_cn-10 A
Comp20 RadioButton PAR_cn-20 001
Comp30 ListBox PAR_cn-30
Comp40 StaticImage PAR_cn-40 B
Comp50 MenuItem PAR_cn-50 002
Comp60 DropDownList PAR_cn-60 A
Comp70 Spacer PAR_cn-70

Note

You can also use the ID column to automatically generate IDs and store them in a text file for future reference.

For more information, see Linking multiple structures—overview.

Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/ex_imp_spec_ids · retrieved 2026-07-11